Pencil-holder



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

L. B. MYERS, OF ELMORE, OHIO.

PENCIL-HOLDER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,251, dated July 10,1866.

To all whom Macy concern:

Be it known that I, Dr. L. B. MYERS, of Elmore, in the county of Ottawa and Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Pencil-Holder5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention consists in an elastic socket capable of receiving and holding a pencil of larger or smaller size, and provided with any suitable means for attaching it to the garments of a person.

The accompanying drawings illustrate o ne style of my invention, Figure l being a socket formed of a coil of wire and provided with double hooks for securing it to the garments of a person. Fig. 2 is a similar socket with a different style of fastening. Fig. 3 also is a similar socket with yet another style of fastening. Fig. 4 shows the socket applied to use.

The above examples are made of line wire coiled in such manner that one end, c, which is the end for receiving the pencil, will be somewhat larger than the other, b, so as to permit of the introduction of a larger or smaller pencil. The elasticity of the smaller coil is sufficient to permit of the pencil being thrust through the socket and at the same time hold it iirmly. The three sockets are alike in this respect, but the mode of attachment is different.

In FiO. l the socket is formed of a single piece of wire and the two ends are bent over in the form of hooks c c running parallel with the length of the socket, and these hooks are abouthalf the length of the coil, and their ends are sharpened.

To apply the socket, first one hook is thrust into the garment, and by bending or bulging the socket outward the other end may be inserted, when it can Vbe forced into the garment and the socket will resume its natural position.

In Fig. 2 thesocket .is of similar wire, but

the upper end of the wire is bent over into a long hook, d, which is rather longer than the socket, and it hooks into a loop or eye, e, made at the other end of the wire. This is fastened to the garment like an ordinary breast-pin.

In Fig. 3 the socket is of similar form, but the hookf is shorter and is fastened by springing it into an eye or loop, y, formed of one of the coils, which is made larger than the others for the purpose.

The above describes the examples shown. They are simple in construction and can be lnade cheaply; but I intend to construct the device of' any elastic material. For instance, a tubular piece of metal with its edge meeting or overlapping would possess sufficient elasticity to adjust itself to various-sized pencils. Again, a gutta-percha or rubber tube would possess sufficient elasticity for the purpose, and could be secured to the garments in various ways. Again, a metallic tube large enough to receive the largest-sized pencil could have a spring placed inside to bear against the pencil and hold it, and a pin or the like on one of its sides would enable it to be fastened to the garments of a person. Again, a metallic tube could be used and have a set-screw applied in suitable manner.

I do not coniine myself to any special mechanism. My object is to produce an elastic socket, or one with such an appliance as will cause it to hold a large or small lead-pencil, the said socket to be fastened to the garments of a person in a convenient place for carrying a lead-pencil.

Whatl claim as new, and desire .to secure by Letters Patent, isi An elastic socket capable of receiving and adjustingitself to hold a lead-pencil of larger or smaller size, and having a hook or suitable device or means for securing it to the garments of a persom constructed and operating substantially as specified.

L. B. MYERS.

Witnesses:

J. S. LOWE, J. S. LELAND. 

